# December 2022 Class I base price lower | Ag Proud

> The December 2022 Federal Milk Marketing Order advanced Class I base price fell to $22.58 per hundredweight, down $1.51 from November and a 10-month low. The average Class I price across all orders is about $25.40. The 2022 annual Class I average of $23.66 is the highest on record.

- Date: 2022-11-29 · published 2022-11-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/8754-december-2022-class-i-base-price-lower-ag-proud
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

A lower Class I base reduces fluid milk pricing pressure on handlers and signals softer milk values, which can affect dairy-related feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2025-12-31 | [December 2025 milk class prices mostly lower \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9571-december-2025-milk-class-prices-mostly-lower-ag-proud.md) | -5.0% | -7.9% |
| MILK | 2024-01-05 | [December FMMO milk class prices lower \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5893-december-fmmo-milk-class-prices-lower-ag-proud.md) | -0.5% | +6.6% |
| MILK | 2024-01-15 | [December 2023 FMMO uniform prices lower \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32130-december-2023-fmmo-uniform-prices-lower-ag-proud.md) | +0.4% | +7.0% |
| MILK | 2025-12-03 | [November 2025 milk class prices mostly lower \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4087-november-2025-milk-class-prices-mostly-lower-ag-proud.md) | -6.9% | -11.3% |
| MILK | 2025-03-06 | [February 2025 Class II, III and IV milk prices lower \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4704-february-2025-class-ii-iii-and-iv-milk-prices-lower-ag-proud.md) | +1.8% | -6.1% |

## Sources

- agproud.com: https://www.agproud.com/articles/56527-december-2022-class-i-base-price-lower

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